-> I have the black and white drawing completed, and am moving on the colour
-> illustration next. A couple of questions:
->
-> 1.  My horse reference books list the Norwegian Fjord as a pony,  the
-> pamphlets from the Norwegian Fjord Registry list it as a
->   horse. I thought that there was actually quite a bit of difference
->   between a horse and a pony, in bone & teeth structure, some
->   behaviour patterns. Do you know why there is this double
->   listing?
Well the real difference between a Pony & a Horse is alway a question or an
argument.  Normally it is only by size though.  The Pony cutoff is generally
accepted as 14.2 hands high.  (A hand being 4")  So Fjords do fit into both
Pony and Horse catagories.  The reason most people call them Fjord Horses is
that in Norway where they come from there isn't even a word that translates 
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Pony.  So in Norway they are know as the Fjord Hest.
-> 2.  The issue that I got was the Fall 1997 issue, the foal issue.  By the
-> way, I love it! I am going to keep this as a valuable
->   reference tool. If anyone else has ANY interest in sketching
->   horses, grab a copy of the Herald - the photos are very clear
->   and have lots of poses to help you out. My second question,
->   though, is that in all the photos of the foals, which are in
->   black and white, their manes look quite pale, and the dorsal
->   stripes and leg stripes didn't show up. Is this because the
->   striping didn't show up in the photo, or because the darker
->   markings develop later on?
The dark marking typically don't show up until the horse is more mature.  
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foals are quite hard to tell if they are going to be gray or brown dun.  The
strips do get darker when they get older.
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